Exam 10: Challenges Facing American Healthcare System

Opponents of the high cost of specialty drugs cite all of the following reasons except one for their opposition the high cost. Which is the exception?

The major factors driving demand for healthcare employment include

The 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act) signed into law in December 2016

According to the data collected by the CNN from all 50 states

The current opioid epidemic is most prevalent among

A new gene editing method that is faster, cheaper, and more accurate than previous gene editing techniques is called

Gene editing is a method used by scientists to change the DNA of organisms including plants, animals, and humans. Which industry was the first to start using gene editing?

Factors that have contributed to the opioid epidemic in the United States include all of the following except one. Which is the exception?

According to National Pharmaceutical Services (NPS) (2018), general characteristics of specialty drugs include

Early indications are that the federal and state efforts to address the opioid crisis

Lack of gender equity and gender discrimination in the American healthcare workforce is reflected in all of the following except one. Which is the exception?

A Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation survey of a national random sample of 809 long-term prescription painkiller users, adults 18 and over and their household members in 2016 found that cited following reason for use of prescription drugs

Opposition to the human genome project from a certain segment of the scientific community was due to their concern

Which of the following is not true with respect to specialty drugs?

The opioid epidemic and drug-related overdose deaths have disproportionately hit

The FDA utilizes which approach to encourage the development of drugs that represent the first available treatment for an illness, or ones that have significantly more benefits over existing drugs?

Initiatives undertaken by state governments to address the problem of opioid epidemic include

In the United States, gene therapy falls under the preview and regulation of the

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the rise in opioid overdose coincided with

The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 does all of the following except one. Which is the exception?